Second Regiment to Be First Unit Off For Border
Movement of government troops to Nogales Ariz progresses with First battalion of Second Alabama regiment set to depart at 11 o clock followed by the Third battalion and the First battalion with majors Seales Weston and McClung commanding. Cavalry and field hospital details noted as movements loom.
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Border
MO Omery
Ale
Ein
Nogales
Ariz
McClung
Ompa B
Weston
Seales
Comgrave
Montgomery
Birmingham
Sauin Crosby
Co. W. Gavin
Saarcents
Cavalry Regiment
War Department
Fort Oglethorp
Cavalry
W. L. Till
Brewton
Armed Mexicans Aid Pershing S Expedition Unexpectedly
Reports from Colonia Juarez describe Manuel Gutierrez killing several bandits linked to Villa soldiers and returning loot to the Taylor brothers. Gutierrez commands about one hundred followers and has moved to the hills after Casas Grandes garrison disarmed his group. Refugees report hunger and hardship amid troop movements near Madera and border positions.
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Mex
General Pershing
Colonia, Juarez
Manuel Gutierrez
Pearson
Villa
Taylor Brothers
Colonia Juarez
Alonzo Taylor
Juarez
Gutierrez
Casas Grandes
Francisco Gonzales
Madera
Carranza
Carlos Cortin
Fifth Cavalry
Namiquipa
Refugees claim Madera garrison ties prove evacuation before Villa advance
American refugees in El Paso report recognizing officers and soldiers returning with General Francisco Gonzales from Casas Grandes as former Carranza garrison members at Madera. The claim supports that Madera was evacuated prior to Villa troop movements. Reports of Per shing scouts toward El Valle and Namiquipa persist but are denied by authorities.
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EL Paso
Tex
Madera
Chihuahua
Francisco Gonzales
Casas Grandes
Carranza
Pershing
el Valle
Namiquipa
American Ace Lufbery Becomes Fifth Flyer Noted
Paris reports Sergeant Raoul Lufbery of New Haven Connecticut the first American named in a war communiqué for shooting down five German aircraft. He trained under Marc Pourpe, fought to join the French flyers, and later joined the American flying corps after Pourpe's death. The three earliest victories came within three days.
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Paris
Raoul Lufbery
New Haven
Gonn
Lufbery
Bourges
Saigon
Marc Pourpe
Lufberg
Pourpe
Linfberg
American Flying Corps
Rumanians Fight On Their Soil Near Torzburger Pass
The report notes Rumanian forces being driven back into their country at Rucaru as Austro German troops advance through the Torzburger pass. The Times records Romanian resistance on home ground with cautious hope for aid to the second army as progress elsewhere stalls.
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Associated Press
LANDO
London
Rucaru
Torzburger Pass
Campulung
Bucharest
the Times
Rumania
Torsburger Pass
Frick Buys Rembrandt Painting for 250000
Henry C. Frick purchased Rembrandt's 1649 canvas An Old Woman Reflecting Over the Lecture from Jules Porges of Paris for 250000. It is the fourth Rembrandt in Frick's collection and raises his art expenditures this year to about 2300000. The work had been in Porges' holdings for fifty years.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry C. Frick
Rembrandt
Mr. Frick
Jules Porges
Paris
Strikers Return Hopeful as Tidewater Invites Work
At Constable Hook Bayonne N J Oct 16 Tidewater Oil Company opens its doors inviting the strike workers to return to their jobs. A mass meeting decides next steps amid violence that left three dead and many wounded. police deployment at the strikers’ rally marks tension cooling as momentum shifts.
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Associated Press
Bayonne
N. J
Constable Hook
Tidewater Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Osborne bids farewell to Sing Sing prisoners
Thomas Mott Osborne resigns as prison warden and says goodbye to 1,600 inmates. After routine duties he meets the executive board of the Mutual Welfare League and receives personal farewells as each prisoner passes in single file.
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Associated Press
Sing Sing
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
Coal shortages loom amid rising prices this winter
New York dealers warn of a coal shortage as bins deplete and shipments slow due to mining labor gaps and scarce railroad cars amid wartime freight. Household coal prices range from seven to seven fifty, with experts predicting eight before Thanksgiving and nine by Christmas if cold weather returns.
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New York
New-York
W. Frank Persons
Charity Organization Society
Sober Drunkards Best of Men Says Ira Landrith
Ira Landrith, the prohibition candidate for vice president, told Ward Belmont College students that drunkards arise from society and urged understanding. He argued prohibition would save a generation and criticized harsh judgments of alcoholics.
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Ira Landrith
Associated Press
Louisville
Ira ‘Landrith
Prohibition
Ward-Bélmont College
Nashville
Indiana
Dandfith
Reserve Bank Buys Site On Atlanta Church Land
An announcement from the First Presbyterian Church in Atlanta says the Marietta street site near the business district has sold to Atlanta Reserve Bank for 102500. The bank plans a one story building with 9112 feet frontage and 200 feet depth as its permanent home. construction cost estimated around 150. The bank currently rents space elsewhere. President Wilson, while practicing law in Atlanta, often worshipped in the old church.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
First Presbyterian Church
Marietta Street
Atlanta Reserve Bank
Bank Siga
Wilson
Train strikes car kill two men in Georgia area
C G Farr formerly of Bostic North Carolina and T H Merseer a Twiggs county farmer were killed when an automobile they rode in was struck by a Dublin and Savannah passenger train near here Sunday Farr survived by a widow and seven children and Merseer leaves a widow and nine children
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Ween
Ffersonville
C. G. Farr
Bostic
N.C
T. H. Merseer
Twiggs County
Here
A. Macoh
Dublin
Savannah
Farr
Mércer
New York City Voter Registration Exceeds 1912 Level
New York City voting strength tops 738,710 registered voters, up 70.89 percent from last year and 33,424 more than the 1912 presidential election. Predictions of 750,000 to 800,000 were not met due to foreign-born men returning to Europe. Republicans note declines in Manhattan, while Democrats claim gains in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, with Manhattan the only borough showing a drop.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Europe
Manhattan
Rooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Hughes Hears Minister Boost For Him In Sermon
In Lincoln Nebraska on October 16 Chorley WE Hughes heard a temperance sermon by Rev Samuel Batten urging voters to support Hughes and also back Nebraska prohibition amendments. Hughes planned to move on to Omaha that night to continue campaigning.
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Hughes
Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
Chorley
We.hughes
First Baptist Church
Samuel Batten
Nebraska
Omaha
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U. S
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Carranzistas
London Press
Porges
Bayonne Oil 60
Tidewater
MR. Osborne
Reserve Bank
Atlanta Church
Fatima
Faciones
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